The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible ...

The remarkable discovery of animal life beneath the seafloor shows that life finds a way even in the most extreme ...

WHEN people think of unexplored frontiers these days, they tend to think of other planets and the universe at large. Space ...

17, 2024 — A study suggests that global fish farming, or aquaculture, may rely on significantly larger quantities of wild-caught ocean fish than ... the Mediterranean Sea Oct. 22, 2024 ...

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

On the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, near fissures spewing hot water, a submersible stumbled upon a thriving community of ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East ...

"It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study ...

In her second installment of "Letters from Down Under," Skalnik takes readers into the hidden world of coral reefs, exposing their vulnerabilities and the hope which still exists for one of nature’s ...

After Seabourn located a long-sunken WWI-era ship in Chile, I'm reminded how diving in an expedition ship's sub can unlock new worlds for cruise passengers -- and make discoveries.